DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (June 13, 2023) – The Florida Planning and Zoning Association (FPZA) announced their annual award winners during the FPZA Annual Conference held in Delray Beach, Fla. FPZA recognizes outstanding land development and public/private sector planning statewide.
Categories included Education Initiative, Development/Design Project, Redevelopment Project, Infrastructure Project, Grassroots/Non-Profit Project, Sustainability Project, Elected Official, FPZA Chapter, and the George W. Simons, Jr. Award.
Outstanding Chapter Award
Surfcoast Chapter
Outstanding Infrastructure Project
Healthy West Orange Wellness Park
City of Ocoee/City of Ocoee Community Redevelopment Agency
Outstanding Grass Roots Project
Bonnet Springs Park
City of Lakeland, Florida
Outstanding Education Initiative
Transportation Impact Analysis Publication
Volusia County Association for Responsible Development
Outstanding Redevelopment Project
Lemon Bluff Boat Launch Facility
Volusia County, Dredging & Marine Consultants, LLC
Outstanding Development/Design Project
The Capital Cascades Trail Skateable Art Park
BluePrint Intergovernmental Agency, Tallahassee, Florida
Outstanding Sustainability Project
Wish Farms Headquarters, Plant City, Florida
Outstanding Elected Official
Florida State Senator Bobby Power Jr. District 24
George W. Simons Award
Joe Quinn
The awards program has been the centerpiece of FPZA’s acknowledgment and promotion of best practices in planning throughout Florida. FZPA encourages members to submit award applications.
Projects must have been approved or completed during the last two calendar years (2021 or 2022).
The 2023 conference theme was Keep Calm and Plan On in recognition of the many emerging challenges in our communities that planners are dealing with – addressing housing supply and affordability, promoting inclusion and equity goals, implementing transportation policies that benefit all users, and advancing climate change resilience strategies to name a few…all in a time of broader societal discord.
For more information call (407) 895-2654 or email info@fpza.org. Visit www.fpza.org.
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